Example sentences of "[num] [noun] [prep] the first time " in BNC.
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| 1 | There had been four women members in the outgoing Majlis , and in the April 10 vote for the first time a women was elected to represent a constituency outside Tehran ( in the holy city of Mashad ) . |
| 2 | Dromore jockey John Reid who is having his best ever season was in a suitably bullish mood when I spoke to him about the remainder of the 1993 Flat racing year which has seen him head inexorably towards 100 winners for the first time in his career . |
| 3 | Monthly PC sales have topped six figures for the first time , with 100,165 computers worth £111.6 million shipped in the UK during November 1992 . |
| 4 | In.the general election Labour won 79 seats for the first time ; it carried 10 out of 13 seats in Birmingham , 9 out of 10 in Manchester and 48 out of 62 in London . |
| 5 | I refer not only to the fact that the match started with two wides , courtesy of Chris Lewis ; not only to the strange sight of an opening bowler in odd socks ( Neil Mallender black left sock , white right sock ) ; not only to the fact that England had no player with three initials for the first time since the third Test against New Zealand in 1990 , the selectors having left out Salisbury and having sent get-well-soon messages to DeFreitas , Tufnell and Fraser ; not only to the fact that Mallender joined the huge list of Test opening bowlers with a double ‘ I ’ in their name ( a list that in recent years has included Dilley , Allott , Small , Williams and Ellison : expect Millns to add his name to the pile soon . |
| 6 | Captain Naas Botha said ‘ We want a repeat of our match against the Midlands in midweek when we played effective rugby for the full 80 minutes for the first time on tour . |
| 7 | In the city the FT one hundred shares index broke through the three thousand barrier for the first time today after hopes of an early cut in interest rates . |
| 8 | The 15 most heavily indebted developing countries ( see p. 37017 ) in 1988 as a group increased the surplus of their merchandise exports over their imports to nearly dollars 28,000 million ; the dollar value of their exports rose above the 1981 peak for the first time since the onset of the Third-World debt service problem , although the GATT report pointed out that this trade performance needed to be seen against the background of rising interest charges and continued lack of fresh capital inflows . |
| 9 | He added : ‘ Our new facilities , with all departments under one roof for the first time , provide us with a launch pad to put Baricol on the European map . ’ |
| 10 | The new accommodation means we are under one roof for the first time and this means communication between departments , a critical factor in my job , is improved tremendously . |
| 11 | This will liberate much needed space in one two one , and enable the Board to bring together its central administration in one place for the first time ever . |
| 12 | England will tour South Africa in the 1995-96 season for the first time in 30 years . |
| 13 | He added : ‘ I made a tremendous start to the year and badly wanted that No 1 spot for the first time but it made me become negative . |
| 14 | The main concrete results of the summit were ( i ) the signing of an agreement banning the production of chemical weapons ; ( ii ) a set of accords normalizing commercial relations between the two countries for the first time in 50 years ; and ( iii ) a provisional treaty on nuclear weapons . |
| 15 | This is a small amount in relation to our subscriptions which reached one million pounds for the first time but it does pose problems . |
| 16 | The R Y A is financially strong , following from the good results of last year , the reserves passed one million pounds for the first time and those will enable us to continue with our work for yachting while we deal with the problems that I have touched upon . |
| 17 | Abbotsfield and Carinish Court : Peter had heard the two names for the first time on the same evening in July 1964 . |
| 18 | It had been feared it would break through the three million barrier for the first time in six years . |
| 19 | She caught him up in a breathless embrace , then gave a little gasp of alarm as she seemed to notice the two policemen for the first time . |
| 20 | The sales were organized separately in the two republics for the first time . |